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algorithmic entropy

algorithmic entropy noun: kolmogorov complexity.

Noun

algorithmic entropy (uncountable)

  1. Kolmogorov complexity
    • Algorithmic entropy is closely related to statistically defined entropy, the statistical entropy of an ensemble being, for any concisely describable ensemble, very nearly equal to the ensemble average of the algorithmic entropy of its members; but for this reason algorithmic entropy corresponds...2003, Niels Henrik Gregersen, From Complexity to Life

Questions about algorithmic entropy

What does algorithmic entropy mean?
Algorithmic entropy means kolmogorov complexity.
What part of speech is algorithmic entropy?
Algorithmic entropy is a noun.

Words near algorithmic entropy in the dictionary

  1. algoristic
  2. algorists
  3. algorithm
  4. Algorithm X
  5. algorithmic
  6. algorithmic entropy
  7. algorithmic number theory
  8. algorithmic randomness
  9. algorithmical
  10. algorithmically
  11. algorithmicization

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